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  • Title: [Side effects of gold salt therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis].
    Author: Vlak T, Jajić I.
    Journal: Reumatizam; 1992; 39(2):25-8. PubMed ID: 1366149.
    Abstract:
    Observing the efficacy of the gold sodium thiomalate (under the trade name of Tauredon Byk Gulden) during the treatment of 43 patients with rheumatoid arthritis, a certain number of side effects have been noted and registered. The group being tested comprised 43 patients, 8 men and 35 women, average age being 50. The side effects were observed in 14 patients (32.5%), namely in one man and 13 woman, the most frequent being thrombocytopenia (20.8%), serious exacerbation of the disease (16.6%), thrombocytosis and dermatitis (12.5%). The recurrence rate of the side effects during the treatment with the gold sodium thiomalate was greater during the first (14%) and the second month (11.8%) than during the third (4.6%) and the fourth month (2.5%).
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